Human neoteny revisited: The case of synaptic plasticity

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 729-739

  Bufill, Enric ^a,b   Agustí, Jordi ^b   Blesa, Rafael ^c  

^a Consorci Hospitalari de Vic ^*  (Spain)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAMMAL; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAMMALS; MEMORY; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PRIMATES; SYNAPSES;

HOMO SAPIENS; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 80053922178     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21225     Document Type: Review

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